Hanns-Horst von Necker

Hanns-Horst von Necker (28 August 1903-27 February 1979) was a Generalmajor of the German Wehrmacht and the commander of the Hermann Goering Division from 1 October 1944 to 8 February 1945 during World War II.

Biography
Hanns-Horst von Necker was born on 28 August 1903 in Rudolstadt, German Empire, and he entered the Reichswehr in 1923. Von Necker would later join the newly-formed Luftwaffe air force of Nazi Germany, and he was wounded during the 1939 invasion of Poland; he later took part in the fighting in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Russia. He took command of the elite Hermann Goering Division in 1944, leading an important force in the German military. Von Necker's division helped in putting down Polish partisans in Poland, and it was assigned to hold Festung Warschau, the ruins of Warsaw that were declared to be the point for a last stand of the German forces in the city. His division suffered heavy losses during the Red Army's Vistula-Oder Offensive, and he was relieved of command and replaced by Max Lemke in February 1945. He was captured by the British Army at the close of World War II, and he died in Bad Muenstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany in 1979 at the age of 75.